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The Last Empire is Gore Vidal's ninth collection of essays in the course of his distinguished literary career. Vidal displays unparalleled range and inimitable style as he offers incisive observations about terrorism, civil liberties, the CIA, Al Gore, Tony Blair, and the Clintons, interwoven with a rich tapestry of personal anecdote, critical insight, and historical detail. Written between the first presidential campaign of Bill Clinton and the electoral crisis of 2000, The Last Empire is a sweeping coda to the still-existing conflicted vision of the American dream.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Collection a reminder of what patriotism truly is
- De Ray M en 10-12-16
De: Gore Vidal
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The Time of Our Lives
- Collected Writings
- De: Peggy Noonan
- Narrado por: Betsy Foldes Meiman, Rena-Marie Villano, Peggy Noonan
- Duración: 17 h y 48 m
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Peggy Noonan is one of the most brilliant and influential political thinkers and writers of our time. The author of five best-selling books ( What I Saw at the Revolution is now a classic), her column in The Wall Street Journal is a must-read for millions of Americans. Witty, incisive, and always original, Peggy Noonan is a conservative intellectual with wide-reaching appeal across the political spectrum. Now, for the first time, the best of Noonan's writing will be collected in one indispensable volume.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ronald Reagan is God. Who knew?
- De Rick en 11-20-15
De: Peggy Noonan
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Created Equal
- Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
- De: Michael Pack, Mark Paoletta
- Narrado por: Charles Constant, Shamaan Casey, Pamela Klein
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
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Born into dire poverty in the segregated South and abandoned by his father as a child, Justice Clarence Thomas triumphed over seemingly insurmountable odds to become one of the most influential justices on the Supreme Court. Yet after three decades of honorable service, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation and the surrounding media firestorm. Who is Justice Clarence Thomas, in his own words? Created Equal builds on dozens of hours of groundbreaking one-on-one interviews with Thomas to share a new, expanded account of his powerful story for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Justice Thomas, the epitome of a “Real American Man”!
- De the walton's en 06-23-22
De: Michael Pack, y otros
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Salinger
- De: David Shields, Shane Salerno
- Narrado por: Peter Friedman, January LaVoy, Robert Petkoff, y otros
- Duración: 19 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 134
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Shields and Salerno illuminate most brightly the last 56 years of Salinger’s life: a period that, until now, had remained completely dark to biographers. Provided unprecedented access to diaries, letters, legal records, and secret documents, listeners will feel they have, for the first time, gotten beyond Salinger’s meticulously built-up wall. The result is the definitive portrait of one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ingenious novel or biography? Hard to tell....
- De Melinda en 09-05-13
De: David Shields, y otros
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The Speechwriter
- A Brief Education in Politics
- De: Barton Swaim
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 5 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 122
Everyone knows this kind of politician: a charismatic maverick who goes up against the system and its ways, but thinks he doesn't have to live by the rules. Using his experience as a speechwriter, Barton Swaim tells the story of a band of believers who attach themselves to this sort of ambitious narcissist.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A well-written complainers guide
- De Kindle Customer en 08-03-15
De: Barton Swaim
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Alexander Hamilton's Guide to Life
- De: Jeff Wilser
- Narrado por: Johnathan McClain
- Duración: 7 h
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Two centuries after his death, Alexander Hamilton is shining once more under America's spotlight - and we need him now more than ever. Orphaned as a kid, this young, scrappy, and hungry self-starter came from nothing and then helped win the Revolutionary War, created the country's financial system, seduced New York's most eligible ladies, ratified the Constitution, and landed his face on our $10 bill. (In his spare time he also formed the Coast Guard and the US Mint.) He is the ultimate underdog.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- De Robert McGrorty en 02-27-19
De: Jeff Wilser
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The Story of America
- Essays on Origins
- De: Jill Lepore
- Narrado por: Colleen Devine
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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In The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin stories - from John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural address - to show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print. Over the centuries, Americans have read and written their way into a political culture of ink and type. Part civics primer, part cultural history, The Story of America excavates the origins of everything from the paper ballot and the Constitution to the I.O.U. and the dictionary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Fun Read on Historical Subjects
- De Jim en 08-31-13
De: Jill Lepore
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The Novel of the Century
- The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misérables
- De: David Bellos
- Narrado por: David Bellos
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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Putting a century of scholarship on one of the world's most enduring popular novels into accessible, narrative form, this new approach to a classic of world literature is written for a wide general audience. Packed full of information about the book's origins and later career on stage and screen, The Novel of the Century brings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed to write his novel of the downtrodden despite a revolution, a coup d'etat, and political exile.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The making of a classic!
- De Karen Creeden en 05-27-20
De: David Bellos
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Lady Bird Johnson
- An Oral History
- De: Michael L. Gillette
- Narrado por: Corinna May
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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Over a span of 18 years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded 47 oral history interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues. These conversations, just released in 2011, form the heart of Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History, an intimate story of a shy young country girl's transformation into one of America's most effective and admired First Ladies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- De Syd Young en 06-01-19
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Over Time
- My Life as a Sportswriter
- De: Frank Deford
- Narrado por: Frank Deford
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter is as unconventional and wide-ranging as Frank Deford's remarkable career, in which he has chronicled the heroes and the characters of just about every sport in nearly every medium. Deford joined Sports Illustrated in 1962, fresh, and fresh out of Princeton. In 1990, he was Editor-in-Chief of The National Sports Daily, one of the most ambitious and ill-fated projects in the history of American print journalism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Memories
- De Amazon Customer en 05-18-18
De: Frank Deford
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Worst. President. Ever.
- James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents
- De: Robert Strauss
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 419
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 389
Worst. President. Ever. flips the great presidential biography on its head, offering an enlightening - and highly entertaining - account of poor James Buchanan's presidency to prove once and for all that, well, few leaders could have done worse. But author Robert Strauss does much more, leading listeners out of Buchanan's terrible term in office to explore with insight and humor his own obsession with presidents, and ultimately the entire notion of ranking our presidents.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing
- De Jean en 01-14-17
De: Robert Strauss
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Truman
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 54 h y 11 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 5,138
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4,534
Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured the heart of the nation. The life and times of the 33rd president of the United States, Truman provides a deeply moving look at an extraordinary, singular American.
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5 out of 5 stars
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That Mousy Little Man From Missouri Revisited
- De Sara en 07-23-15
De: David McCullough
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Crossing Over
- De: John Edward
- Narrado por: John Edward
- Duración: 4 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 194
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 128
In Crossing Over, John brings his listeners with him on the extraordinary journey that has been his life since his New York Times best seller One Last Time was published in 1998. In the style of his TV show and personal appearances (poignant, funny, and remarkably candid) John deals head-on with the controversial issues he has confronted on his voyage as a psychic medium. Listeners might be surprised to learn that it hasn't always been smooth sailing.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing and entertaining
- De Betty en 05-10-09
De: John Edward
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The American Story
- Conversations with Master Historians
- De: David M. Rubenstein, Carla Hayden - foreword
- Narrado por: David M. Rubenstein, David McCullough, Walter Isaacson, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Highlights
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General5 out of 5 stars 845
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 719
Through his popular program The David Rubenstein Show, David Rubenstein has established himself as one of today’s most thoughtful interviewers. Now, in The American Story, David shares almost a dozen interviews that capture the brilliance of today’s most esteemed historians, as well as the souls of their subjects. The audiobook presents archival recordings of these interviews and features new introductions by Rubenstein as well as a foreword by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to lead our national library.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Stories missing
- De Judith Princz en 01-02-20
De: David M. Rubenstein, y otros
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F.U.B.A.R.
- America's Right-Wing Nightmare
- De: Sam Seder, Stephen Sherrill
- Narrado por: Sam Seder
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 156
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
The United States has survived clueless presidential administrations before. But no matter how enormous the crisis, the Great Depression, Vietnam, Watergate, or Monica Lewinsky's thong, America always comes out looking like, well, America.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Don't take this book seriously
- De Richard en 05-25-06
De: Sam Seder, y otros
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Ten North Frederick
- De: John O'Hara, Jonathan Dee - introduction
- Narrado por: Scott Aiello
- Duración: 17 h y 48 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
Joe Chapin led a storybook life. A successful small-town lawyer with a beautiful wife, two over-achieving children, and aspirations to be president, he seemed to have it all. But as his daughter looks back on his life, a different man emerges: one in conflict with his ambitious and shrewish wife, terrified that the misdeeds of his children will dash his political dreams, and in love with a model half his age.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- De Amazon Customer en 12-26-23
De: John O'Hara, y otros